CSPAN2 Lectures July 3, 2024
On the screen. Bustling city. Its a city on the make. Nearly two decades sincehe end of reconstruction, a decade after the worlds fa came to town, which was a financial disaster, as we discussed. But it nertheless introduced new orleans. Its architect, to its literature, its food, and, of course, mardi gras to a new tourist economy. The 1890s, the dawn of the socalled progressive era, a time of urban progress. When the Public Transportation network of streetcars became electrified, when the citys new sewerage and water board began constructing modern sewage and tap water systems. New orleans i...